When the law business gets slow Hutz moonlights at a series of side jobs. He's worked for real estate company Red Blazer Reality (motto: "You'll go nuts for Lionel's huts!") where he made creative use of descriptions to sell ill-suited houses to prospective home buyers. On another occassion he served as babysitter to the Simpson kids where he was paid $2 for twelve hours of babysitting plus two popsicles from the fridge and a broken birdcage from the trash. Other past jobs include shoe repair, substitute teacher, actor, moocher, golfer, and Rubik's Cube champion.

Phil Hartman portrayed Hutz's voice up until the actor was tragically murdered by his wife. After Hartman's death Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, called for a moratorium on the use of the Lionel Hutz character. Hutz has never spoken again, although he has been seen in crowd scenes, silent, from time to time. A new permanent lawyer character has not been created for the series, although down-on-his-luck salesman Gil has been seen defending people in court from time to time.